“Written in a lean, wryly humorous style, the fourth Tommy Donahoo novel is short on pages but long on action. The biggest mystery is why Jack Trolley (aka Tom Ardies) hasn’t won the Edgar Award yet.” Detroit Free Press
San Diego police detective Tommy Donahoo is up against a crazy Mafia hitman, a rogue FBI agent, a scheming millionaire, and a horny heiress named Travata “Jumpy” Havershot as he investigates the death of a Navy SEAL, a kidnapping, a helicopter crash, millions of missing dollars, and a sunken ship, among other things in this rollicking, action-packed adventure.
“Jack Trolley” was a pseudonym for Tom Ardies.
There is a lot of good detective work, sharp, tough, realistic and very well written.
Trolley is like a noir voice out of the past, fast talking, sardonic, generating a great deal of suspense.
The non-stop, madcap storytelling delivers great escape reading.
Profane and slam-bang.